Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psychosis, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2700A/B
• Professor: Treena Orchard

Document Summary

First to suggest pot with schizophrenia, pot had changed their personality. Could schizophrenia be linked to how much marijuana they"ve smoked? evidence in a. More cannabis, more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, 6 x more likely for schizophrenia if you were a heavy smoker at 18. New wave of studies came out 15 years later and supported swedish study. Canabis nearly doubles risk of developing psycho problems. Chances of schizophrenia could quadruple if taken before 16. Tyler: within 6 months, she had lost her son. Melanie: 19 years old, wasn"t a drug, organic, will help you relax, hooked after the rst time, got so high, she became manic and ended up in the hospital, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, hospitalized for 3 months. Ben: stated very early, school grades dropped, wasn"t going to class, believed his hallucinations, after years of heavy marijuana use, diagnosed with schizophrenia and went into a medical institute.